[coreboot] Quad core CPU overheat?

[Martin Roth]

Hey, I have this problem even on my W530 and W541 systems with the
vendor BIOS, so I don't think this is really coreboot related.  I've
taken two steps to fix it :
1) I use thinkfan to max out the fan speed early and keep it there longer.
2) I limit the processor speed to its maximum normal speed with cpufreq-set.

These two steps have fixed my problem.  Just adjusting the fan speed
didn't do it for me - I still got thermal shutdowns.

Hope this helps.
Martin

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 3:49 AM, Pok Gu <pokgoo002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi community,
>
> Has anyone installed quad core CPUs to the thinkpad T420 experienced the
> issue of overheat? I have the issue with both Linux and Windows.
> Under Linux, when building crossgcc with all cores it may overheat and turn
> off the laptop. (After installed the thermald software it seems a bit
> better)
> Under Windows, when doing multipal thread java tasks it also may overheat
> and turn off. But is there any software that can solve this under Windows?
>
> Cheers
>
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